[mou] Pacific Loons on Mille Lacs & L Winnie

[Kim R Eckert]

Two Pacific Loons and a probable Red-throated Loon were found this 
weekend during a Minn Birding Weekend trip to Mille Lacs and L 
Winnibigoshish. One Pacific Loon was seen Saturday in Wigwam Bay on 
Mille Lacs (on the W side of the lake, about 3 mi N of the casino), and 
the other was seen today from Plughat Point public access on L Winnie 
in Itacsa Co (turn N off Co Rd 9 just E of the Mississippi R dam).

Also on Saturday on Mille Lacs a probable Red-throated Loon was briefly 
seen in Vineland Bay in Mille Lacs Co (about 1.5 mi S of the casino). 
About the only other birds of note were 2 Cape May Warblers: one on the 
N side of Mille Lacs in Aitkin Co at the Wealthwood wayside/public 
access, and the other at the fish hatchery ponds along Cass Co Rd 9, 
just W of the Mississippi R dam.

Kim Eckert